Villány Mountains

Villány Mountains (in red) within physical subdivisions of Hungary

The view of the Szársomlyó from Baranya Hills. Villány is on the left.

Villány Mountains (Hungarian: Villányi-hegység, pronounced [vilːaːɲ]) is a relatively low mountain range located west from the town of Villány, in Baranya county, Southern Hungary.

Its highest summit, the Szársomlyó is just 442 metres high. The latter has an extraordinary flora: on its southern slopes, the climate is mediterranean; the percentage rate of mediterranean species is over 20%. On the top, the ruins of a medieval castle can be found. The territory is part of the Danube-Drava National Park. The range is made up of limestone.

See also

• Baranya county
• Geography of Hungary
• Transdanubia

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Geographical regions of Hungary
West-Hungarian Borderland Alpokalja Kőszeg Mountains Sopron Mountains Vas Hills Balfi Hills Little Hungarian Plain Hanság Fertőzug Neusiedl Basin Rábaköz Szigetköz Marcali Basin Moson Plain Komárom-Esztergom Plain Transdanubia Baranya Zala Hills Inner Somogy Outer Somogy Zselic Völgység Szekszárd Hills Baranya Hills Villány Mountains
Transdanubian Mountains	Keszthely Mountains Tapolca Basin Balaton Uplands Bakony Bakonyalja Sokoró Vértesalja Velence Mountains Gerecse Mountains Buda Mountains Pilis Mountains Visegrád Mountains Vértes Mountains
Transdanubian Hills	Mecsek Outer Somogy Inner Somogy Tolna-Baranya Hills Balaton Basin
North Hungarian Mountains	Börzsöny Cserhát Mátra Mátralába Bükk Zemplén Mountains
Great Hungarian Plain	Bácska Bánát Mezőföld Sárrét Sárköz Drávamellék Kunság Kiskunság Jászság Pest Plain Heves Plain Borsodi-Mezőség Bodrogköz Tiszahát Szatmár Plain Maros-Körös köze Körös-vidék Nagykunság Hortobágy Hajdúság Nyírség Tiszántúl

Coordinates: 45°53′N 18°21′E / 45.883°N 18.350°E / 45.883; 18.350